** BRAZIL. 6180, July 16 at 0052, RNA is back on tonight. 11750 & 11810, July 16 at 0543, the nasty spurs from 11780 are on and in again, along with much weaker but detectable ones on 11720 and 11840, i.e. 30-kHz intervals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, July 16 at 0054, RHC open carrier already on prior to 0100 English; likewise 6000 at 0057 check.
6060, July 16 at 0055, RHC is in French! // synchronized with 5040 which is supposed to be the only French frequency, with 6060 in Spanish. 6060 is still on the wrong program feed circuit at 0112 check, now in English! synchro with 6000, 6165; but 6060 has SAH from Iran and LAH from Brasil; all the others are properly in Spanish: 6070, 9810, 11670, 11760, 11840, 13740, 15230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9935, July 16 at 0100, ERT Open with Greek music, VG // 9420 but // 15630 is VP tonight. Next check at 0547, 15630 is now better than // 9420, and no third frequency found, playing, what else? ``Ring of Fire`` by Johnny Cash in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 710-, July 16 around 0545 UT, tell-tale het again from XEDP Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, which jumps on and off frequency from one night to the next. I haven`t yet noted whether it is a strict alternation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TVDX started coming in just as I was completing the last report: July 15, UT:
1553 on 2, antenna south, weak video, guys talking
1616 on 2, aiming NE since 6m maps show opening up there, but I hear Spanish, so back to SSW for much more signal, also CCI on 4
1625 on 4, Televisa-2 promo for Cantinflas movie on Saturday afternoon; seems more S than SW so not XHBS Los Mochis?
1632 on 2, CRASH TEST DUMMY lettering on screen --- no wonder they say it in English; in studio interview from Azteca-13
1633 on 4, Televisa-2 again star bug in LR, studio talk show
1640 on 2, Azteca-13 mentions ``Siempre Acapulco``, name of novela
1645 opening fades out (and no sign of any more Es for the next 23 hours at least) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, July 16 at 0056, R. Chaski carrier, some modulation until cutoff at 0117:13.5* which is 5 seconds later than yesterday but 12 seconds later than ante-yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 9520, July 16 at 0107 RRI in Romanian with constant CCI underneath while // 7335 is in the clear. The CCI is Gospel for Asia, eastward from GERMANY at 0030-0130, when they manage to cram in 18 languages during the week, including Sindhi during this quarter-hour Wednesdays, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, July 16 at 0115, usual SLBC lead-in music, into timesignal of 2 lo pips, 1 hi, ending at 0115:18.5, poor signal but a little better than usual lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, July 16 at 0052, very poor signal in Russian, so WTWW-3 is on but underpowered? for post-midnite in Moscow, and also seems undermodulated; other transmitters on 9475 and 5085 are VG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, July 16 at 0059, WWRB with BS, and 3185 open carrier; or was it? recheck 0105 it`s the Tourette gospel huxter who explodes between long pauses to build up steam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, July 16 at 0100, WRMI is completely obliterated by wall-of-noise jamming; by 0115 it has diminished a bit and now can hear some Miami music, i.e. `Trova Libre`, the only Cubanish program during this timeslot, but it`s more musical than political. The heavy jamming before 0100 hits R. Slovakia International, weekdays in English at 0030 UT Tue-Sat. Looks like the DentroCuban Jamming Command still hasn`t adjusted for DST, as Radio Libertad is now at 23-24 instead of 00-01.
BTW, 9955 program schedule grid has just been updated as of July 15:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
I don`t see any major changes but I notice that the weekly from Cyprus, EU News Network, now has some more airings: Wed 0415, 1300, Thu 0145, Sun 0400 (and Jeff told me it would also be on 15770 Wed 2100). I listened to the 1300 Wed airing before WOR, and must say it`s chock-full of news about European events, well-done. They announced the 15770 airing, but not the Sun 0400, too new (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1729 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, Wednesday July 16 at 1315 --- fair signal and clear of any QRM, no jamming; unlike before 1300 during Wavescan, which still has annoying off-frequency Chinese from France via TAIWAN, despite there being some open channels available nearby. This started more than a month ago, at 11-13 UT, also damaging the Tue 1100 airing of WOR. Next:
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
We expect to have WOR 1730 ready for first airing:
UT Thursday 0330 on WRMI 9955, and then at 1230 when the Taiwan collision will again mar it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 750, July 16 at 0503 UT, Spanish talk from west continues to dominate the frequency, impossiblizing audibility of WSB Atlanta; i.e. KAMA El Paso with Univisión América programming, 10 kW ND apparently on day facility; so also before local midnite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, July 16 at 0054, RHC open carrier already on prior to 0100 English; likewise 6000 at 0057 check.
6060, July 16 at 0055, RHC is in French! // synchronized with 5040 which is supposed to be the only French frequency, with 6060 in Spanish. 6060 is still on the wrong program feed circuit at 0112 check, now in English! synchro with 6000, 6165; but 6060 has SAH from Iran and LAH from Brasil; all the others are properly in Spanish: 6070, 9810, 11670, 11760, 11840, 13740, 15230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9935, July 16 at 0100, ERT Open with Greek music, VG // 9420 but // 15630 is VP tonight. Next check at 0547, 15630 is now better than // 9420, and no third frequency found, playing, what else? ``Ring of Fire`` by Johnny Cash in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 710-, July 16 around 0545 UT, tell-tale het again from XEDP Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, which jumps on and off frequency from one night to the next. I haven`t yet noted whether it is a strict alternation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TVDX started coming in just as I was completing the last report: July 15, UT:
1553 on 2, antenna south, weak video, guys talking
1616 on 2, aiming NE since 6m maps show opening up there, but I hear Spanish, so back to SSW for much more signal, also CCI on 4
1625 on 4, Televisa-2 promo for Cantinflas movie on Saturday afternoon; seems more S than SW so not XHBS Los Mochis?
1632 on 2, CRASH TEST DUMMY lettering on screen --- no wonder they say it in English; in studio interview from Azteca-13
1633 on 4, Televisa-2 again star bug in LR, studio talk show
1640 on 2, Azteca-13 mentions ``Siempre Acapulco``, name of novela
1645 opening fades out (and no sign of any more Es for the next 23 hours at least) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, July 16 at 0056, R. Chaski carrier, some modulation until cutoff at 0117:13.5* which is 5 seconds later than yesterday but 12 seconds later than ante-yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 9520, July 16 at 0107 RRI in Romanian with constant CCI underneath while // 7335 is in the clear. The CCI is Gospel for Asia, eastward from GERMANY at 0030-0130, when they manage to cram in 18 languages during the week, including Sindhi during this quarter-hour Wednesdays, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, July 16 at 0115, usual SLBC lead-in music, into timesignal of 2 lo pips, 1 hi, ending at 0115:18.5, poor signal but a little better than usual lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, July 16 at 0052, very poor signal in Russian, so WTWW-3 is on but underpowered? for post-midnite in Moscow, and also seems undermodulated; other transmitters on 9475 and 5085 are VG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, July 16 at 0059, WWRB with BS, and 3185 open carrier; or was it? recheck 0105 it`s the Tourette gospel huxter who explodes between long pauses to build up steam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, July 16 at 0100, WRMI is completely obliterated by wall-of-noise jamming; by 0115 it has diminished a bit and now can hear some Miami music, i.e. `Trova Libre`, the only Cubanish program during this timeslot, but it`s more musical than political. The heavy jamming before 0100 hits R. Slovakia International, weekdays in English at 0030 UT Tue-Sat. Looks like the DentroCuban Jamming Command still hasn`t adjusted for DST, as Radio Libertad is now at 23-24 instead of 00-01.
BTW, 9955 program schedule grid has just been updated as of July 15:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
I don`t see any major changes but I notice that the weekly from Cyprus, EU News Network, now has some more airings: Wed 0415, 1300, Thu 0145, Sun 0400 (and Jeff told me it would also be on 15770 Wed 2100). I listened to the 1300 Wed airing before WOR, and must say it`s chock-full of news about European events, well-done. They announced the 15770 airing, but not the Sun 0400, too new (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1729 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, Wednesday July 16 at 1315 --- fair signal and clear of any QRM, no jamming; unlike before 1300 during Wavescan, which still has annoying off-frequency Chinese from France via TAIWAN, despite there being some open channels available nearby. This started more than a month ago, at 11-13 UT, also damaging the Tue 1100 airing of WOR. Next:
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
We expect to have WOR 1730 ready for first airing:
UT Thursday 0330 on WRMI 9955, and then at 1230 when the Taiwan collision will again mar it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 750, July 16 at 0503 UT, Spanish talk from west continues to dominate the frequency, impossiblizing audibility of WSB Atlanta; i.e. KAMA El Paso with Univisión América programming, 10 kW ND apparently on day facility; so also before local midnite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
